The Final Round of the 68th Santosh Trophy is currently being played at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri from February 24 with the final slated for March 9. Mizoram and Maharashtra besides Railways and Tamil Nadu reached the semifinals, which will be played tomorrow.
Under a new format 10 teams qualified from the Zonal Qualifiers, two each from the North, West, South, East & Northeast Zones. The qualified teams have been clubbed into two Groups where they would be playing each other. The top-two from each Group would progress into the semifinals and the winners will then lock horns in the summit clash.
While Group A consisted of Services, Kerala, Mizoram, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra; Group B saw West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Railways, Punjab and Goa in action.
FIXTURES & RESULTS
Group AServices, Kerala, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra
24-Feb-2014: Mizoram 3-1 Kerala24-Feb-2014: Uttarakhand 2-3 Maharashtra26-Feb-2014: Kerala 4-0 Uttarakhand26-Feb-2014: Services 0-1 Maharashtra28-Feb-2014: Services 3-0 Uttarakhand28-Feb-2014: Maharashtra 0-2 Mizoram02-Mar-2014: Maharashtra 1-0 Kerala02-Mar-2014: Mizoram 4-1 Services04-Mar-2014: Kerala 1-0 Services04-Mar-2014: Uttarakhand 1-2 Mizoram
Group BWest Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Railways, Punjab, Goa
25-Feb-2014: Railways 2-1 Tamil Nadu25-Feb-2014: Goa 1-1 Punjab27-Feb-2014: Tamil Nadu 3-2 Goa27-Feb-2014: West Bengal 0-0 Punjab01-Mar-2014: West Bengal 1-2 Goa01-Mar-2014: Punjab 0-0 Railways03-Mar-2014: Punjab 2-3 Tamil Nadu03-Mar-2014: Railways 1-1 West Bengal05-Mar-2014: Tamil Nadu 0-1 West Bengal05-Mar-2014: Goa 0-3 Railways
Semifinals07-Mar-2014: Mizoram – Tamil Nadu07-Mar-2014: Railways – Maharashtra
Final09-Mar-2014: Winner SF 1 – Winner SF 2